Combined flying and spinning top.



WIT/VESSES:

B. E. LLOYD. COMBINED FLYING AND SPINNING TOP.

APPLICATION msn APR.24. 1915.

Patented Jan. 11, 19m.

IBURT EDWARD LLOYD, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

4COMBINED FLYING AND SPINNING TOP.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.. 1li, 49116.

Application filed April 24, 1915. Serial No. 23,625.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BURT E. LLOYD, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combined Flying and Spinning Top, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

rlhis invention relates to toys, and more particularly to flying and spinning tops of that type in which the flying element is given a high rotative speed by being moved quickly along a screw and finally thrown off the same, whereby the said element will Hy through the air and ultimately light on the ground, floor or other surface and spin until its force is expended.

The invention has for its general objects to improve the construction of devices of the character referred to so that the toywill be reliable and satisfactory in use, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and so designed that the pitch of the blades can be altered, causing the spinning element to be sustained a suitable lengthof time in the air, or to descend immediately and operate as a spinning top.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a toy including a spinning element provided with bendable vanes or wings and including a conical hub which serves as a spinning point, and if desired the hub can be a double cone, whereby the top can spin against a ceiling oron the floor.

With such objects in view, and others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates one embodiment of the invention, and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure l. is a perspective view of the toy with a portion of the runner in section; Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe spinning element; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3, Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the wings or-blades in a different position from that shown in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the spinningfelement with a double cone hub. y

that in all forms Referring to the drawing, l designates a screw whichis in the form of a flat rod twisted so that its edges form helices, one end'of the rod being shaped into a grip 2 of ring or any other suitable form. Freely slidable on the screw l is a runner 3 of spool or any other shape, the same having a bore 4 of large enough diameter that the runner can be moved quickly longitudinally of the screw without impedance. The spinning element A comprises a circumferential ring 5 connected with radial wings or blades 6 which have their inner ends connected with a hub 7 of hollow conical form, the vertex 8 of which has a rectangular or non-circular opening 8 to conform to the cross-sectional shape of the rod from which the screw l is made, so that by movement of the spinning element A longitudinally of the rod, the said element will acquire a rapid rotation. The point of the cone engages in the upper end of the bore of the runner so that there is only a line contact between the erunner and the spinning element, whereby friction is minimized. The blades are flexibly connected at their ends with the ring 5 and hub 7, so that the blades desired angle. As shown in Figs. l and 3, the blades are set so that when the spinning element is thrown off the upper end of the screw the spinning element will ascend, the height of ascent depending upon the rotative speed, and the direction of flight will be determined by inclining the screw out of the vertical. rlhe spinning element will not lose its rotative movement until it descends and spins for some time along the floor or other surface. If the ascending Hight is not desired the blades or wings 6 can be bent so as to lie in the plane of the ring 5, as shown in Fig. 4, and therefore the force of gravity predominates and causes the spinning element to quickly descend after being thrown off the upper end of the screw', and consequently the top will spin a long time on the floor. If desired, the vanes or wings can be bent downwardly, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4.

'In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the hub. 7 is made of two oppositely disposed cones 9 and l0 having non-circular openings 1l at the points for the operating screw l. With this form it is possible to cause the top to spin against a ceiling. It will be noted of the invention the cone can be pitched at any` I the blades or or conesl will be of such altitude that vthe point or points will lie beyond the tips of vanes, so that the latter will not interfere with the spinning element spinning on the oor or ceiling.`

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while Ihave `described the principle .of operation, with the device which l now' consider to be thebest embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that'` the device shown is merely illustrative' and that such changes may be made when desired as fall within the scope of the appended claims. l'

Having thus described myfinvention, I

claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Y Patent: y

1. A toy of the class described comprising a screw, a runner having a which the screw passes,-the end surface of the runner and the bore thereof forming a circular edge, and a spinning element having a conical hub provided with an opening engaging the screwfor receiving rotation therefrom by movement of the element longithe screw, said hub having its the said circular edge.

2. A toy of the class described comprising a screw, a runner movable freely along the same, a spinning element having a conical hub forming a spinning point, and said point having an aperture fitting?. the whereby the spinning element receives rotatogether bore through the said element screw, p

tion by movement longitudinally of the screw.

3. A toy of the class described comprising a screw, a runner movable freely along the same, a spinning elementhaving a conical hub forming a spinning point, and said point having an aperture fitting the screw, whereby the spinning element receives rotation by movement longitudinally of the screw, said spinning element embodying v vanes adjustable to any desired pitch.

4. A combined flying and spinning top comprising a screw, a runner movable along the same, a spinning element including vanes disposed in a plane transverse to the screw, and a hub to which the vanes are connected, said hub being in the form of a cone depending below the plane of the vanes and having apoint on which the element spins on a surface, and the point having an aperture shaped to correspondto the cross-sectional shape of the screw.

5. A combined flying and spinning top comprising a screw, a spinning element provided With vanes and having an oppositely pointed hub through which the screw extends for impartingrotation to the spinning element by longitudinal movement of the latter along the screw, one point serving to permit to spin against a ceiling or on a floor.

ln testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

` BUBT, EDWARD LLOYD.

Witnesses: I

f MARTIN Jonrnn,

WILLIAM J. BROWN. 

